Brett Keisel

Last year: Despite posting first winning record in a decade, Bills missed playoffs for 15th consecutive season — NFL's longest active drought. Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula infused stability by vowing to keep Bills in western New York after purchasing team for NFL-record $1.4 billion. Coach Doug Marrone stepped down abruptly Dec. 31, leading Pegulas to hire former Jets coach Rex Ryan.

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Last year: Despite posting first winning record in a decade, Bills missed playoffs for 15th consecutive season — NFL's longest active drought. Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula...

When the Baltimore Ravens signed free agent safety Eric Weddle in March, he arrived to Baltimore without one important thing: his beard. Weddle shaved the bushy facial hair to represent a new beginning in his career.
But when Weddle met his new...

The Ravens might be 0-3, but the Pittsburgh Steelers claim that they aren’t looking at Thursday night’s matchup as a chance to deliver another early blow to their rival’s playoff hopes.
“It’s a non-issue for us,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said of the...

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Antonio Brown didn't miss so much as a meeting.
The Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro wide receiver could have disrupted training camp by staying home for a couple days in search of a raise. By league standards he's one of the biggest...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cam Heyward spent the offseason swatting away questions about his future as the final year of his rookie deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers loomed this fall.
No matter how he was asked, the defensive end always gave a variation of the...

The Pittsburgh Steelers released one of their most recognizable defensive stars Monday, letting defensive end Brett Keisel go after 13 seasons.
"We have informed Brett Keisel that we plan to release him today," Steelers General Manager Kevin...

One week before the start of free agency, the Steelers have an estimated $9 million in salary cap room after they released wide receiver Lance Moore and passed on the chance to assure that Jason Worilds would not sign elsewhere.
The 4 p.m. deadline...

The Steelers haven't held the 22nd pick in the NFL Draft in 37 years. Haven't drafted a cornerback in the first round in 18. Haven't selected a safety in the first round in a dozen.
When the league's 80th annual confab gathers in Chicago on April 30,...

Former Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau said farewell to Pittsburgh on Tuesday with a paraphrased stanza from the "Night Before Christmas" during a City Council ceremony.
Council honored the Ohio native, who resigned from the Steelers...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers took a calculated risk last spring when they opted not to re-sign quarterback Ben Roethlisberger with two years remaining on his current deal, opting instead to focus on bolstering the roster elsewhere.
It's going...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn't look far for Dick LeBeau's replacement.
The team promoted longtime linebackers coach Keith Butler to defensive coordinator on Tuesday. Butler will take over for LeBeau. The Hall of Famer resigned on Saturday...

Eat your vegetables!
Bobby Sena didn't want to sound like an old goat, but that was his message to neighborhood kids who were turning into blobs.
"They weren't going outside," he said. "They were playing video games and eating at...

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers roared through a perfect December with the kind of urgency that stoked memories of Super Bowls past.
They won their first division title in four years, looking like a team peaking at the right time.
The valley came...

As the Ravens' 2014 season progresses, it is beginning to look more like 2013.
The Ravens made some changes in the offseason and are getting more production out of the offense with new coordinator Gary Kubiak, but the playmakers have disappeared...

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco kept enduring punishing hits Sunday night, absorbing a series of painful blows from a relentless Pittsburgh Steelers pass rush.
Although Flacco kept getting up and dragging himself back to the huddle, the rough tre

By Ron Musselman, The Sports Xchange
PITTSBURGH — At home on "Monday Night Football," the Pittsburgh Steelers are next to impossible to beat.
They proved it yet again with a stirring comeback, rallying from 13 points down in the first half...

Linebacker James Harrison is back in uniform with the Pittsburgh Steelers, ending a brief retirement that lasted less than a month after a meeting with team officials Tuesday.
Harrison announced the deal with an Instagram photo of his contract...

PITTSBURGH - If perception is reality, the public's view of the National Football League — its commissioner, its 32 owners, teams and, by association, its 1,696 players — is at an all-time low.
From Ray Rice and Roger Goodell to Adrian Peterson, Greg...

Flanked by his former teammates and coaches, James Harrison officially announced his retirement from the NFL this afternoon at the Steelers' practice facility.
Harrison, an outside linebacker who played with the Steelers for 10 of his 11 NFL seasons,...